Experts Say

Ban treaty offers chance for a world free of nuclear arms

The Japan Times
June 5, 2017
By Daisaku Ikeda

The crucial second round of negotiations on a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons will take place from June 15 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Almost 130 countries, or two thirds of U.N. member states, participated in the first round of negotiations held at the end of March, which became the site of vigorous debate with the active participation of civil society.